Granulibacter bethesdensis

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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Granulibacter bethesdensis

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodospirillales; Acetobacteracease; Granulibacter

Species

Granulibacter Bethesdensis

Description and significance

Granulibacter bethesdensis is a new speices. It is a gram-negative, pathogenic bactrium; it is rod-shaped, thermophilic, and aerobic.

Genome structure

Granulibacter bethesdensis has 2498 genes,0 pseudogene, 2437 proteins, 61 structural RNAs, and circular DNA. Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence? Does it have any plasmids? Are they important to the organism's lifestyle?

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Ecology

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Pathology

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Application to Biotechnology

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Current Research

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References

David E. Greenberg1,, Stephen F. Porcella2,, Frida Stock3, Alexandra Wong3, Patricia S. Conville3, Patrick R. Murray3, Steven M. Holland1 and Adrian M. Zelazny3 . "Granulibacter bethesdensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a distinctive pathogenic acetic acid bacterium in the family Acetobacteraceae".International Journal of Systematic and Evolution Microbiology 56 (November 2006), 2609-2616.


Edited by student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano